Use a relay and a fuse unless you have a really fast local fire department. See the link below. You can use 2 relays, one per pair of lights. If you can find a big enough relay and fuse, one might be enough.

As chris87xj stated find out the wattage of the Lights and you can determine the full current needed to operate them safely. Once you know the total current you can buy the correct relays, the correct wire size and fuses.

Always use a fuse next to the battery, always oversize the wire for safety reasons and as I like to do always run your ground wires back to the battery.

Two lights per relay is standard practice, you can operate the two relays with one switch if you want and you can get a large enough relay you can hook up al of the lights together; but when on the road/trail and the relay fails you lose all of your lights...

Find out the Wattage of the existing lamps and the new ones you want to hook up, then you can determine the correct size of all of the components.

Ltr,
Merry Christmas

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Last edited by rustywrangler; 12-23-2008 at 08:48 AM..
Reason: fixed small mixup

As chris87xj stated find out the wattage of the Lights and you can determine the full current needed to operate them safely. Once you know the total current you can buy the correct relays, the correct wire size and fuses.

Always use a fuse next to the battery, always oversize the wire for safety reasons and as I like to do always run your ground wires back to the battery.

Two lights per relay is standard practice, you can operate the two relays with one switch if you want and you can get a large enough relay you can hook up al of the lights together; but when on the road/trail and the relay fails you lose all of your lights...

Find out the Wattage of the existing lamps and the new ones you want to hook up, then you can determine the correct size of all of the components.

Ltr,
Merry Christmas

fixed it for ya

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But I still wouldn't trade it for a Coupe DeVille."

Question though while I've got your attention, what's with all the green highlighted advertisement links that appeared in the posts above? Is this something I've just not noticed before or did somebody get creative?

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"You can set my jeep on fire and roll it down a hill,
But I still wouldn't trade it for a Coupe DeVille."

just run two switchs, make your life easy. remember fuses! if you wanna i know my local advanced sells a little fuse lock. you run a 10 gadge wire to it, and it gives you six terrminals each with a 30 amp fuse, they make life very easy. i have 2 on my jeep for all my doo dads

just run two switchs, make your life easy. remember fuses! if you wanna i know my local advanced sells a little fuse lock. you run a 10 gadge wire to it, and it gives you six terrminals each with a 30 amp fuse, they make life very easy. i have 2 on my jeep for all my doo dads

Very easy way to burn your jeep down man.

for that many lights, even at 55watts, he really should have relays.

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Question though while I've got your attention, what's with all the green highlighted advertisement links that appeared in the posts above? Is this something I've just not noticed before or did somebody get creative?

Send me a PM with a screen shot. I do not see the advertisements as a mod.

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If you can't take a nano-second to press shift/period/etc. and make proper sentences and paragraphs, I don't know if I can take a few minutes to respond to your topics... It doesn't have to be perfect by any means, but a little effort goes a long way.

Yeah, they're the 55w walmart bajas.
Also, on the 2 I have hooked up there is a fuse on the red line, just forgot to stick it on the diagram.

Did you use the wiring that came with the kit??? IF so, DO NOT add two more lights to that. Some of that wiring is only 16 gauge going to the lights The situation your in, regardless of what you have it wired with now is your going to overload the lines running all 4.

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